HELMINTH PARASITISM IN A FLOCK OF DOMESTIC GEESE INTRODUCED TO ARCTIC SUMMER CONDITIONS IN CANADA

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Zoology
• Main Author: Schad, G. A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1962
• Subjects: Animal Science and Zoology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Arctic; Canada
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/z62-001; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/z62-001

The trematode, Notocotylus attenuatus, was found in 22 of 57 Pilgrim geese reared under Arctic summer conditions at False River, Quebec. The only other helminth found was a single specimen of a hymenolepidid cestode. That more species of helminths were not found is noteworthy and is understandable on the basis of the location of the flock, its management, and the Arctic environment. A possible correlation between the sex of the goose, its weight, or both these factors, and parasitism by N. attenuatus is noted.